Park Place Motorsports finished in third-place in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge race at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca after fuel-saving strategy brought the No. 7 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport home on fumes. Driver Trent Hindman teamed with Alan Brynjolfsson to take the team’s second GS class podium finish of the year. The program earned its first GS class victory at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in May.
Trent Hindman, Driver, No. 7 Park Place Motorsports Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport.
“How did we make that happen? Once again, Mike Johnson coming through with strategy. It was just a nice job by everybody: Mike, Alan and the whole crew. I’m glad we were able to capitalize on our good strategy today for a solid finish.”
Alan Brynjolfsson, Driver, No. 7 Park Place Motorsports Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport.
“It was a really easy stint for me. My job was just to produce a clean car and hand it over to Trent who performed flawlessly. He was the only person in the entire field to do just one fuel stop. He was under a lot of pressure to fuel save and he was able to which ultimately put us on the podium.”
Mike Johnson, Director of Race Operations, No. 7 Park Place Motorsports Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport.
“I think we did this almost exact same thing last year with the GTD car. We had a problem in the pits and just had to throw an audible. We knew we didn’t have the car to fight out front, so we had to do something totally different. We went with a fuel strategy gamble and it obviously paid off. We led the race for a few laps at the end. We knew those other cars were coming; they were going two seconds a lap faster. Trent did such an amazing job to hit the numbers we kept giving him and he crossed the line in third. It’s a great day, a lot of our competitors had a little bit rougher day, so I think it’s going to be a really fun battle in Atlanta.”
